Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)


 

Within a few years after graduation, the graduates of the Electrical Engineering (Computer) program are expected to attain the following program educational objectives:

  1. Career: Graduates will successfully engage in careers in the areas of computer engineering to serve the needs of industry and academia in both the private and public sectors in Saudi Arabia.
  2. Professional Development: Graduates will engage in active, continuous and lifelong professional development, seek learning and training opportunities including graduate studies, adapt to the rapid changes in work environment, and attain professional positions in their business, career, and community.
  3. Social Responsibility: Graduates will contribute to the welfare of society and the development of the profession through responsible practice of engineering.

The PEOs are published in the Faculty of Engineering Undergraduate Bulletin 2019-20 (https://engineering.kau.edu.sa/Pages-Bulletin-2020-E.aspx), posted in the hallways of the department building, and published on the program web site at: http://ee.kau.edu.sa/Pages-Program-Educational-Objectives-E-Computer.aspx.   

 

  1. Consistency of the Program Educational Objectives with the Institutional Mission

The University “Strategic Center to Kingdom Vision Realization” clarifies KAU mission as follows (https://visionstrategy.kau.edu.sa/pages-universitymission.aspx):


Our Community Responsibility: Developing Knowledge, Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

This mission entails the following:

  • Education for Sustainable Development: Playing a pioneering and effective role in serving economic, environmental and social development issues by providing an educational system that promotes innovative and analytical thinking, deepens scientific concepts, refines expertise, and upgrades skills to prepare the scientific and professional competencies to meet the growing needs of different sectors of development and industry that contribute to the success of development efforts.
  • Community Linked Research: Linking the University’s scientific research plans with the objectives, directions and requirements of a comprehensive and sustainable societal development in the present and in the future.
  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Encouraging the spirit of innovation and creative abilities and entrepreneurship and producing innovative and advanced applied research that contributes to the building of a knowledge economy and promotes the economic diversification of the country. In particular, starting pioneering initiatives to ensure sustainable water security, renewable energy, and to follow environmental management best practices.

Consolidation of Citizenship Values: Active participation in building a societal culture that consolidates the values of citizenship, raises the spirit of loyalty and sense of belonging to the homeland, rectifies concepts, and forms desirable intellectual trends. And to build citizens distinguished by their giving, proud of the principles and values of their society, and preserving their cultural and civilizational heritage and social ties.

Consistency between PEOs and University Mission

Program Educational Objectives

Community Responsibility

Education for
Sustainable Development

Community Linked
Research

Innovation and
Entrepreneurship

Consolidation of
Citizenship Values

PEO 1: Career: Graduates will successfully engage in careers in the areas of computer engineering to serve the needs of industry and academia in both the private and public sectors in Saudi Arabia.

 

 

PEO 2: Professional Development: Graduates will engage in active, continuous and lifelong professional development, seek learning and training opportunities including graduate studies, adapt to the rapid changes in work environment, and attain professional positions in their business, career, and community.

 

 

PEO 3: Social Responsibility: Graduates will contribute to the welfare of society and the development of the profession through responsible practice of engineering.

 

 


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7/2/2020 10:34:22 AM